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YEASAYER extra Melbourne Show

May 28th 2010 00:20
Due to overwhelming demand, Yeasayer have announced a second show in Melbourne. Their first Melbourne show on Thursday 29th July at the Prince of Wales is well and truly SOLD OUT - the newly announced second show will also take place on Thursday 29th July at the Prince Of Wales, following their first performance.

Doors for the SOLD OUT early show will be at 8pm, with Yeasayer onstage 9.30pm. Doors for the late show will be 11.15pm, with Yeasayer onstage 11.45pm. Tickets for the late show on sale now from the outlets below.


Riding high on the success of the singles “Ambling Alp” and “O.N.E.” from their outstanding new album, “Odd Blood”, Brooklyn’s Yeasayer make a much anticipated return to Australia this July for shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

With their musical domain now spanning twisted ambient rhythms blended with powerful and ambitious electronics and hook laden playful pop, Yeasayer are a band who never deprive the listener of delicious ear candy whilst also never sacrificing depth or content.



Full dates & details below:

Handsome Tours, triple j, JMAG, Fasterlouder, Drum Media and Inpress present

YEASAYER



Tickets on sale now

Sydney - SELLING FAST
Wednesday July 28, 2010
Metro Theatre
Tickets from www.handsometours.com, Metro Theatre Box Office; 02 9550 2990 or www.metrotheatre.com.au & www.ticketek.com.au

Melbourne (Early Show) - SOLD OUT
Thursday July 29, 2010
Prince of Wales
Doors 8pm - YEASAYER ONSTAGE 9.30pm

Melbourne (Late Show) - NEW SHOW ON SALE NOW
Thursday July 29, 2010
Prince of Wales
Doors 11.15pm - YEASAYER ONSTAGE 11.45pm


Tickets from www.handsometours.com, Polyester Records (Fitzroy & City), Missing Link, Greville Records, Prince of Wales public bar, over the phone on 9536 1168 or book on-line www.princebandroom.com.au

Also appearing at Splendour in the Grass

Yeasayer “Odd Blood” out now on Spunk.
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Grand Unifying Theory

May 11th 2010 12:34
Salmon's music is ageless
Rolling Stone - 4 stars


Kim Salmon & The Surrealists

This is an artist defined by his very restlessness, his willingness to both embrace and redefine his own legacy and keep presenting us with work that is as original as it is commercially unviable
Mess Noise

Main man from The Scientists, crony in Beasts Of Bourbon and man of many invention, Mr Salmon, is back after 13 years absense with his new Surrealists LP Grand Unifying Theory.

USA Release
now set for May 17th
UK/Europe Release June 7th.



Salmon is to Perth, Australia, what Nick Cave was to Melbourne; a post-punk trailblazer that's made uncompromising music for 35 years. Grand finds his trio as weird ‘n’ creepy as ever, playing unsettling, pieces with thumping primal rhythms, dissonant noise art collages, art rock anger, freak-out psychedelia, minimalist Can-like repetition, early Stooges free-jazz rock mayhem, and caustic, cacophonous craziness. May he never stop!
The Big Takeover


Kim will be having a Melbourne launch party at Cherry Bar on Saturday May 19th.

The band will be venturing into the USA and doing an exclusive one of show in New York to co-incide with The Scientists' ATP performance later in 2010.

Radio tracks: listen out for Pathologiocal featuring Clare Moore & Dave Graney for a more mellow affair and Childhood Living for flat out rock.







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AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA

March 8th 2010 23:26
‘TAPAS’
AN UNEXPECTED (AND TASTY) ALBUM FROM
THE AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA
Released March 5


“What happens when you take 17th century music into a smoky dance hall?” says Paul Dyer artistic director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. “You get something a little daring, sexy, and delicious. You get Tapas!”

“It’s our 21st, so we thought we’d take the Baroque out for a spin. We took baroque dance beats and love songs, and then we improvised till we found a new sound to stir up new emotions.

“Its old music on old instruments, made new. It’s all those gorgeous Brandenburg flavours in a spicy mix – dueling violins, a haunting lirone, spanish guitar, a divine soprano, bells, castanets, harpsichord, there’s even an old school wind machine. It’s ecstatic and highly intoxicating!”

ABC Classics releases the Tapas CD on 5 March and special Tapas performances will take place in Sydney and Melbourne later this month in a rare live concert performance of a Brandenburg recording.

“Our last disc won our 4th ARIA Award and has received rave reviews internationally, including an Editor’s Choice in the prestigious Gramophone magazine. But Tapas is going to take audiences on a whole new journey.”

“Tapas is also a tribute to the music-making of my parents – Mum, a pianist with a gift for improvisation, and Dad, who played the drums. Their influences of classical, swing, jazz and pop have led us to the rhythms of Tapas.”

“We’ve taken 21 years of historically informed performance practice and thrown it into the 21st century. Ladies and Gentlemen, Tapas is served!”
TAPAS concerts (featuring vocalist Mina Kanaridis)



SYDNEY - City Recital Hall, Angel Place
Wednesday 17 March @ 7pm
BOOKINGS:
City Recital Hall Box Office (02) 8256 2222
Brandenburg Box Office (02) 9328 7581



MELBOURNE - Melbourne Recital Centre
Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 March @ 7.30pm
BOOKINGS:
Melbourne Recital Centre (03) 9699 3333
Brandenburg Box Office 1300 782 856


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Audio Visual Party

January 31st 2010 06:43
SMIRNOFF®
Presents
Regrooved Audio Visual Party
in conjunction with Goodgroove Records


Smirnoff® presents Regrooved Audio Visual Party in conjunction with Goodgroove Records
Regrooved has teamed up with Smirnoff, Zebra and DJ Warehouse to present the first Serato SL Video club night in Melbourne on Sunday 7th March at the Prince in St Kilda.
The addition of custom visuals to the unique mash up style of Funk, Jazz Breaks, Hip Hop, Dubstep and DnB that is Regrooved will create a unique sensory clubbing experience not to be missed.

Headlining the party will be DJ Cheeba (Solid Steel), one of the UK’s biggest AVDJs, renowned for his technical ability and humour in delivering a video show like no other. Also bringing visuals into the mix will be Melbourne’s own Mr Nice & The Umalicious MCs and Nick Thayer, with DJ sets from Sly Players (Goodgroove Records, Uk), Boom Monk Ben (Solid Steel, UK), Citizen.com, Matty Blades, EGO and Zander…See you on the dance floor!



Prince Bandroom,
29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda,
Victoria, Australia






Using two turntables and Serato's Video-SL plug-in for Scratch Live to enable video controlled and manipulated by vinyl, Cheeba makes the most of this technology... mixing, scratching and juggling both sounds and pictures with stunning results. Original films, remixes and music videos made by Cheeba and James Reed (Thousand Thousand Points of Light) blend seamlessly with video mashups, animations and a wealth of other wonderful and often bizarre visual sources. With over 8 months producing the set and a further 6 developing it at shows, this revolutionary video mix has also been produced to coincide with the launch of djcheeba.com the new home of all Cheeba's mixtapes, videos, blog entries and much much more. Plug in, sit back and "Enjoy this trip... and it is a trip!"

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Al Di Meola with World Sinfonia

January 10th 2010 03:56
Al Di Meola with World Sinfonia
Touring Australia & New Zealand
from March 2010

Legendary guitarist, Al Di Meola is bringing his 6-piece Latin Jazz Fusion band World Sinfonia to our shores in March 2010. One of the most prominent virtuosos in the contemporary instrumental jazz field, Al Di Meola’s dazzling technique on both acoustic and electric guitars is unmatched, extending to fluid arpeggios flying at breakneck speed and beautiful, slow vibrato-laden melodies.



The tour commences in Perth and extends through NSW, Queensland, New Zealand, Tasmania, South Australia and ACT. Provocative and enchanting, Al Di Meola’s intriguing union of complex rhythms, lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmonies ensures an unforgettable aural sensation.

Known for his guitar mastery, Al Di Meola has twenty one recordings, three gold albums and has recorded and played with a number of illustrious names including Paul Simon, Phil Collins, Santana, Luciano Pavarotti, Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, Chick Corea, Steve Winwood, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jaco Pastorius, Les Paul, Jean Luc Ponty, Steve Vai, Milton Naciemento, Egberto Gismonti, and many more.

Early in his career Al Di Meola was bestowed a Grammy, as part of Chick Corea’s Return To Forever. He has been voted World’s Best Guitarist several times by Guitar Player Magazine and has had sold out concerts across the world including Bulgaria and the United States.

Al Di Meola’s finds inspiration in music cultures across the world including sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Israel and the Mediterranean and in acoustic genres such as flamenco and the tango. The depth of his writing along with the soulfulness of his guitar expression have won this guitar virtuoso legions of fans worldwide, having played over many years to sell out shows across Europe, Canada and his native USA.
Of Di Meola, Guitar historian Robert Lynch said: “In the history of the electric guitar, no one figure has done more to advance the instrument in a purely technical manner than Al Di Meola. His total command of the various styles and scales is simply mind-boggling.”

Al Di Meola
with World Sinfonia
Australian & New Zealand Tour
MARCH & APRIL 2009

Perth Concert Hall
March 5
08 9231 9900

Sydney City Recital Hall Angel PlaceMarch 7
02 8256 2222
Bellingen Memorial Hall
March 9
02 6655 1522

Byron Bay High SchoolMarch 10

Enmore Theatre Sydney
March 12
02 9550 3666

The Basement, Sydney
March 13
02 9251 2797

Christchurch James Hay
BrisbaneMarch 15
136 246
Kuranda Amphitheatre
New ZealandMarch 16
1300 762 545

Auckland The Great Hall
March 18
0800 289 842

James Hay Theatre Christchurch
March 19
03366 8899

Wellington Opera House
March 22
04384 3840

Hobart City HallMarch 24
1300 762 545
Melbourne Hamer Hall
March 25
1300 182 183
Adelaide Her Majesty’s Theatre
March 26
08 8216 8600

Canberra Royal Theatre March 27
02 6243 5711

Newcastle Civic Theatre
March 29
02 4929 1977
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
March 30
02 8839 3399
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Holy Smoke Wigmore!

September 26th 2009 01:27
GIN WIGMORE TO TOUR HOLY SMOKE ALBUM WITH THE CARDINALS

Gin’s new album Holy Smoke featuring The Cardinals (as in Ryan Adams and….) has just been released to widespread acclaim. And now following their experience recording the album together at fabled Capitol Studios in LA, Gin is thrilled and proud to announce that Cardinals - Neal Casal, Jon Graboff and Brad Pemberton will be playing shows with her much closer to home.

I'm really looking forward to seeing and playing with Gin again. We had such a good time when we worked on the record… and it's high time for round two!
Jon Graboff



Neal Casal…‘Gin Wigmore's new album ‘Holy Smoke’ completely rips balls, and us Cardinal types are beyond stoked that we got to play on it. We're also out of our minds with joy that we get come to Australia and New Zealand to be in her band and play some rock n' roll for the fine folks there.’
And Gin’s reaction…’I have wished on the brightest star every night since leaving L.A that I would be able to work my magic in getting The Cardinals boys to come to my part of the world to play a few killer shows. And it has actually worked! They are coming! I'm that ridiculously excited I can't even sit still anymore’.

The shows promise a hefty dose of the ‘Holy Smoke’ album plus Gin’s earlier hits and who knows what surprises this combination will come up with in rehearsal! They will certainly be nights to remember.

Gin Wigmore with The Cardinals Tour Dates
Tickets on sale Monday September 28

TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB, MELBOURNE
Tickets on sale at the East Brunswick Club box office, 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick. PH: 9388 9794 or via the website www.eastbrunswickclub.com

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2 THE ZOO, BRISBANE
www.thezoo.com.au or PH: 1300 762 545, Rockinghorse, Skinnys, Butterbeats, Mosh Pit, Music Mania and Sunflower.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 4 GAELIC THEATRE, SYDNEYwww.moshtix.com


Click HERE to watch Gin's new video for Oh My
Gin Wigmore
Debut Album – Holy Smoke – Out Now

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Dead River Deeps debut EP Launch

October 2nd 2008 02:53
Dead River Deeps debut EP Launch Melb Sat 4th Oct @ Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy



Sometime assassins, sometime saints, Melbourne based band Dead River Deeps mix uplifting choruses, searing emotional power and a barely contained menace, to produce music that is as powerful as it is memorable.

Recently recorded at Audrey studios with renowned producer Craig Pilkington, their debut EP You Can’t Fight The Sun is set for release nationally on September 20th. (Green Media/MGM).

The EP will be supported by extensive regional, national and international touring, returning to the studio later in the year to record their highly anticipated debut album.

Their single Son Of A Bitch has received extensive airplay on U.S College radio and is supported with film clip by up and coming director Natalie Van Den Dungen (Darren Hanlon, Paris Wells and The Tote Hotel Documentary)

Dead River Deeps will be shaking the Evelyn Hotel in Fitzroy full of their infectious blend of country blues rock on Sat 4th Oct, as they launch their Debut EP You Can’t Fight The Sun.

Following recent shows with bands such as The Fumes, James McCann and Spencer P Jones, the Dead River Deeps compelling live performances have been generating high levels of enthusiasm amongst their expanding and devoted fan base.

So ‘kiss your mangy dog goodbye, it’s time to knock over some beer glasses’, as the Dead River Deeps bring their savage glee to a bordello near you.

DEBUT EP IN STORES AND ONLINE SEP 20th

(GreenMedia/MGM)

Purchase EP online at waterfrontrecords.com

SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER

‘THE EVELYN HOTEL’

(351 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy Tel. 9419 5500)

W/JAMES McCann’s DIRTY SKIRT BAND,

THE GREAT APES and STOMPBOX

DOORS: 8PM

For more information go to :

dead river deeps' website



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GERARD MASTERS TRIO | On Tour!

October 2nd 2008 01:20
Following the successful launch of his highly praised third album Pendulum earlier this year, Gerard Masters takes his trio on a lightning five cities in five days tour around the country.

Whilst remaining true to the jazz piano trio tradition, there’s a pop/rock sensibility which Gerard brings to the band via four years touring and recording with artists such as Missy Higgins and Ben Gillies (Silverchair). There is also a strong blues/roots tinge to some of the tracks, as is evident in Stockton Shuffle and some what more elusively in Richie P.

As always Cameron Undy steers the ship to higher ground with his uncompromising dedication to solid and extrapolating bass line construction perfectly complimented by the group’s most recent addition, drummer Evan Mannell.

The Gerard Masters Trio has been performing together since 2000 and have developed into one of Australia’s finest modern jazz groups.

Led by New Zealand born Gerard Masters, the trio has been a significant part of Sydney label Jazzgroove Records and has performed at major jazz festivals in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Europe.



OCTOBER 2008 – Five Cities In Five Days!
SAT 11 - Wollongong Conservatorium
SUN 12 - Bennetts Lane (Melbourne)
MON 13 - COMA - Wheatsheaf Hotel (Adelaide)
TUE 14 - JAZZGROOVE - Excelsior Hotel (Sydney) www.jazzgroove.com
WED 15 – HIPPO (Canberra)


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The Temper Trap

August 18th 2008 12:18
T H E T E M P E R T R A P
SWEET DISPOSITION SINGLE LAUNCHES

The Temper Trap


Respected Melbourne four piece The Temper Trap return to the live front to celebrate the release of their latest single, Sweet Disposition, taken from their forthcoming debut album. Recently recorded in Melbourne with esteemed UK producer Jim Abbiss (Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Arctic Monkeys) the record’s rich and sophisticated soundscapes are nothing short of epic.

The band have emerged from the recording session as a tight knit creative force, producing a dynamic single that is a giant leap from their earlier EP of two years ago and undeniably delivers on all of their promise.

The single launches are the beginning of a massive twelve months ahead for the boys with a busy summer touring schedule of festivals and overseas shows confirmed.

The Temper Trap will have a limited edition 12" available at these shows with remixes from such underground luminaries as Curtis Vodka (Bjork, Silversun Pickups, Kid Sister) and Pocketknife (Spank Rock, David Bowie, Feist, Sufjan Stevens) for this release.

TOUR DATES:

Sat Sept 20 – The Toff - Melbourne

Sun Sept 21 – The Toff - Melbourne

Thu Sept 25 – Oxford Art Factory - Sydney

Fri Sept 26 – ANU Bar - ACT

Thu Oct 2 – Troubador - Brisbane

Fri Oct 3 – Sound Lounge - Gold Coast

Sat Oct 17 – Rocket Bar - Adelaide



Tickets on sale this Friday August 23
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NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD

July 24th 2008 00:44
MATURE CONTENT
   


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